312 Collectors and 56 Intermediaries, Oil on paper, 19cm x 24 cm 
& handwriting on the wall 
2023


This work is based on the artist's encounter with a research named ''The Role of Foragers and Intermediaries in Edible Wild Mushroom Trade: The Case of Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry'' on the cork industry in Istanbul, where she was born and raised. The article focuses on surveys of labourers in the mushroom industry in and around Istanbul. The artist draws portraits of the six different mushroom species mentioned in the article and repositions them as the main subjects. The work also explores and opens it to rereading the social, cultural, economic and political dimensions of mushroom picking practices.


*Inspired by the book Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing.
*Exhibition view in Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, 2023